Top 20 Fantasy Premier League Players in 2012-13 EPLTalk.com Private League

During the 2012-13 Premier League season, 4,259 of you participated in the private EPLTalk.com Fantasy Premier League game. During the beginning of the season, our mini-league was in the top five best performing leagues world-wide, but as the season progressed, we dropped out of the top five — understandably so, since the mini-league certainly takes a lot of time, persistence and dedication to ensure you don’t miss a single gameweek.

Thank you to everyone who played in the league. Here’s the final table, which features the top 20 best:

About The Author

Publisher of World Soccer Talk, Christopher Harris founded the site in 2005. He has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Guardian and several other publications. Plus he has made appearances on NPR, BBC World, CBC, BBC Five Live, talkSPORT and beIN SPORT.
Harris, who was born and raised in Wales, has lived in Florida since 1984, and supported Swansea City since 1979. Last but not least, he got engaged during half-time of a MLS game.

3 Comments

ElectricBoogaloJune 3, 2013

Here’s a thought (not specifically about this fantasy league, but fantasy leagues in general)…

If the stats produce a “team of the season” that is completely unfeasible as an actual team (i.e. a 3-man defence of one CB and two full-backs, and a four man midfield consisting solely of wingers/very attacking playmakers), is there something flawed in the way the system is judging players?

I assume the system splits players into just three categories – Def, Mid or Fwd – and that’s why we get results like this. I wonder if it’s possible to run a fantasy league that divides players up into more nuanced specialties(i.e fullbacks, CBs, Defensive mids,#10s, etc etc). Of course, that idea has it’s drawbacks too, since many players might fall into multiple categories. But it’s just a thought.